Palathadric

"But everything tastes better with salt...well, not everything, but a lot of things."

I hand Timothy Evergreen a Mead.

Thirte...look, I'll give you one for your ten gold if you want it. You look like a good lad."

"I apologize, I must have misspoke. I can get you a discount that will come to you paying 85% of the price. Not 85% off the price. Excuse my hastiness."

Petaldan steps forward. "Hello there, friend. Kid has been telling us about you. What is your name? Have you been around these parts for a while?"

YarYar is ranged on odd rounds, so he does full damage on those rounds regardless of whether or not you're in the back row. He will also take half damage on those rounds. Cheapy is busy trying to open the locked door.

"Let's go then." I lead the party to the Salt Golem

"Believe me, I've already tried and failed to prize that venom away from her, and if I don't know how to negotiate a deal, then I am no artisan."

"You did. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to go back there?"

"What do you think? Should we enter? It looks like quite a mess in there."

Evidently, he missed the obvious one: home decor.

I love your Timothy Evergreen's avatar! Nice fig! You should remember to put a link to your statistics post in your signature.

Round 1 of the Farm House Battle >Quintessa vs Defensive Chair A - Special Damage (Nothing Happens) >Kellim vs Defensive Chair A - Special Damage (Nothing Happens) >Kheyli vs Defensive Chair B - Miss Free Hits: YarYar vs Quintessa (11-5=6 Damage Dealt) Emilie vs Kellim (10/2-4=1 Damage Dealt) Suzy vs Kheyli (7/2-2=2 Damage Dealt + *Enamoured*) The battle starts poorly with none of the heroes able to hit the stationary chairs due to the little monkeys romping around behind them who take turns dealing slight damage to the heroes. Enemies: Farmhouse Fight: YarYar *Ranged on Odd Rounds* Immune to *Blinded* Type: Humanoid Level: 11 HP: 60/80 SP: 4 Special: Grape Shot - Hits Every Hero for 7 Damage Drops: Wooden Sword (WP:7; Suitable to Anyone), Boomerang (WP:7; Returns to Hero After 2 Rounds; Throwing Weapon), Pirate’s Patch (Grants Immunity to *Blinded*), 30 Gold Emilie Immune to *Poisoned* and *Bleeding* Type: Humanoid Level: 10 HP: 75/100 SP: 4 Special: Bitch Slap - Slaps Hero for 10 Damage, Dealing the *Stunned* Effect Drops: 30 Gold, Sterile Gloves, 3 Grand Potions Suzy Note: Deals *Enamored* Type: Humanoid Level: 7 HP: 45/60 SP: 6 Special: Piercing Shriek: Has a ½ Chance of Dealing the *Confused* Effect to Each Hero Drops: Perfume (Can be used on an enemy to make it *Enamored* with its applier), 30 Gold, Over-sized Corset (Max HP +5, SP +2; Suitable to Female Characters; Bodywear) Defensive Chair 1 *Immune to all Effects* (=Scary ) Type: Mechanical Level: 0 Hits Remaining 2/2 Note: Gives Each Ally (Besides Other Chair), +2 SP Takes 2 Hits to Destroy Drops: Nothing Defensive Chair 2 *Immune to all Effects* (=See above) Type: Mechanical Level: 0 Hits Remaining: 2/2 Note: Gives Each Ally (Besides Other Chair), +2 SP Takes 2 Hits to Destroy Drops: Nothing Party: Kheyli (K-Nut) Immune to Earth *Enamored with Suzy* 327 years old female Fairy Level 7 Barbarian Power: 12 Health: 15/17 SP: 2 Gold: 395 Equipment: Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, cannot be disimbued; greatsword), Really Hard Helmet (SP: 2, Immunity to Earth, Headwear;Loaned from Kellim) Inventory: Weapons: Rat Club (WP:5, deals Afraid to Vermin-type enemies and Poisoned-by-1 to enemies of all types; club), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, cannot be disimbued; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), Frying Pan (WP: 1, +1 HP; Suitable for all classes) Artifacts: Cultist Cap (regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone), Magic Viper Skin (Restores 1 HP to wearer each round of battle unless knocked out; accessory), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants "Animal Talk", Headwear), Seductive Perfume (Holder deals the *Enamored*-effect, accessory, suitable for women) Consumables: Smoke Bomb, Potion x3, Remedy x2, Mead, Milk (restores 15 health and 15 ether upon consumption), Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Tools: Sauce Pan (Tool; Can be used with a Potion, outside of battle, once per quest to restore full HP) Keliim "Demon sworn" *Party Leader!*(Mencot) *Encouraged* 37 year old male Human Level 13 1/2 Barbarian Power: 18 Health: 19/20 SP: 2 (Double to Free Hits) Gold: 14 Equipment: Dwarven Orichalcum one handed battleaxe (WP: 5, Axe), Gauntlets of Recklessness (Hits become Mortal Hits, adding lost health to attack power; handwear), Heroic Helm (SP: 2, Helm's SP doubles on free hits, Headwear) Inventory: Weapons and Shields: Artifacts: Sylvania's Cowl (Grants "Animal Talk", Headwear), Wolfish Fedora (+5 WP for each standing hero with Wolfgang reputation and Wolfgang NPC in the party, headwear, suitable for heroes with Wolfgang reputation), Королева's Blessing (When equipped the player gains the ability to Animal Speak to Spiders only, and all spiders areEnamored with him for the first three rounds of battle, accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Gender-Swap (swaps the wearer's gender when worn, suitable for anyone, accessory) Consumables: 7x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, Remedy, 3x Mead, Venom, Dirt Bomb, 5x Holy Bombs, Double Rainbow (Gives the user the encouraged, lucky,poisoned by 1, and confused effects), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), 2x Obsidian Shard (may be affixed to a blunt weapon to give the Bleeding 2 effect for one battle), 2x Charion beetle horn Tools: Shovel Treasures: Black Pearl (Worth 75 Gold) Quintessa of Heartland (Sandy) 67 years old human female Barbarian Level 5 *Immune to fragile* Power: 8 + 1* Defense: 5 Health: 6/12 Gold: 95 Equipment: Rolling Pin (WP:3; Deals *Bleeding 3*; Club), Heavy Armour (SP:5, protects from fragile-effect, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators and vindicators; bodywear.) Inventory: Artifacts: Sylvania's Cowl (Grants "Animal Talk", Headwear) Consumables: Grand Potion, Potion, 4x Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Mead, Nostrum, 2x Smoke Bomb, Candycane of Doomed (Causes *Doomed* effect to the target when used; Breaks after 5 uses), First Aid Kit (Restores Full Health and Removes Negative Effects from the Entire Party) Tools: Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass *Quest 149 Carrot Pantry Goodies: Milk (Restores 15 Health and Ether), Big Apple x2 (+1 Max HP when consumed), Greasy Sausage x2 (+2 Max HP when consumed), Fatty Pizza (+2 SP for one battle when consumed), Bread (Like a Tasty Pretzel...just longer), Chocolate Bar (Gives the Nimble and *Poisoned* Effect when consumed), Bunch of 10 Cherries (Each Cherry restores 1 ether when consumed), Bedroll Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking. Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.

I stare down at the dwarf. "No offense, but I have to beg that you are mistaken and meant 600 gold. The Armour of the Dark Arts is one of the strongest defensive artifacts on the market, actually, it is isn't even on the market. Fabian would probably buy it for 400 gold plus and I would hope to sell it for considerably more than that or it would have been sold already." I pause, thoughtfully reflecting. "If, however, you or anyone else have any business you'd like done at the marketplace, I can get you 85% discount on all items therein. I like to help out where I can."

If Karie ever thinks of building a new house for her family, she can ask Skrall to help with the interior design.

I was puzzling over this for a while, but then I built it with SR 3d Builder and completed it in no time.

"I must decline the offer, Kiray. I am still waiting for this quest to head on out, as I should not want to miss it. But I wish you the best of God's help for your trip there." "I should like to duel with you both and see who is insulting the Lord of Light as freely as you do once we're through. Then you'll wish you hadn't spoken about his weakness. Fortunately for you both, dueling in this hall has long been an unproductive activity, so I will not bother challenging you. Besides, challenging with swords is a pitifully primitive way of settling a dispute regarding the gods. As for the Fenarian's words, the Lord of Light is not my Chief God but He is far more worthy of respect than some."

The party don't feel the need to prepare any further, and the inhabitants of the house are onto them. Kellim's attempt to damage them with the door doesn't avail much. PREPARE FOR BATTLE!!! Enemies: Farmhouse Fight: YarYar *Ranged on Odd Rounds* Immune to *Blinded* Type: Humanoid Level: 13 HP: 80 SP: 4 Special: Grape Shot - Hits Every Hero for 8 Damage Drops: Wooden Sword (WP:3; Suitable to Anyone), Boomerang (WP:3; Returns to Hero After 2 Rounds; Throwing Weapon), Pirate’s Patch (Grants Immunity to *Blinded*), 5 Gold Emilie Immune to *Poisoned* and *Bleeding* Type: Humanoid Level: 12 HP: 100 SP: 4 Special: Bitch Slap - Slaps Hero for 12 Damage, Dealing the *Stunned* Effect Drops: 30 Gold, Sterile Gloves, 3 Potions Suzy Note: Deals *Enamored* Type: Humanoid Level: 8 HP: 60 SP: 6 Special: Piercing Shriek: Has a ½ Chance of Dealing the *Confused* Effect to Each Hero Drops: Perfume (Can be used on an enemy to make it *Enamored* with its applier), 5 Gold, Over-sized Corset (Max HP +5, SP +2; Suitable to Female Characters; Bodywear) Defensive Chair 1 *Immune to all Effects* (=Scary ) Type: Mechanical Level: 0 Note: Gives Each Ally (Besides Other Chair), +2 SP Takes 2 Hits to Destroy Drops: Nothing Defensive Chair 2 *Immune to all Effects* (=See above) Type: Mechanical Level: 0 Note: Gives Each Ally (Besides Other Chair), +2 SP Takes 2 Hits to Destroy Drops: Nothing Party: Kheyli (K-Nut) Immune to Earth 327 years old female Fairy Level 7 Barbarian Power: 12 Health: 17/17 SP: 2 Gold: 395 Equipment: Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, cannot be disimbued; greatsword), Really Hard Helmet (SP: 2, Immunity to Earth, Headwear;Loaned from Kellim) Inventory: Weapons: Rat Club (WP:5, deals Afraid to Vermin-type enemies and Poisoned-by-1 to enemies of all types; club), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, cannot be disimbued; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), Frying Pan (WP: 1, +1 HP; Suitable for all classes) Artifacts: Cultist Cap (regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone), Magic Viper Skin (Restores 1 HP to wearer each round of battle unless knocked out; accessory), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants "Animal Talk", Headwear), Seductive Perfume (Holder deals the *Enamored*-effect, accessory, suitable for women) Consumables: Smoke Bomb, Potion x3, Remedy x2, Mead, Milk (restores 15 health and 15 ether upon consumption), Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Tools: Sauce Pan (Tool; Can be used with a Potion, outside of battle, once per quest to restore full HP) Keliim "Demon sworn" *Party Leader!*(Mencot) *Encouraged* 37 year old male Human Level 13 1/2 Barbarian Power: 18 Health: 20/20 SP: 2 (Double to Free Hits) Gold: 14 Equipment: Dwarven Orichalcum one handed battleaxe (WP: 5, Axe), Gauntlets of Recklessness (Hits become Mortal Hits, adding lost health to attack power; handwear), Heroic Helm (SP: 2, Helm's SP doubles on free hits, Headwear) Inventory: Weapons and Shields: Artifacts: Sylvania's Cowl (Grants "Animal Talk", Headwear), Wolfish Fedora (+5 WP for each standing hero with Wolfgang reputation and Wolfgang NPC in the party, headwear, suitable for heroes with Wolfgang reputation), Королева's Blessing (When equipped the player gains the ability to Animal Speak to Spiders only, and all spiders areEnamored with him for the first three rounds of battle, accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Gender-Swap (swaps the wearer's gender when worn, suitable for anyone, accessory) Consumables: 7x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, Remedy, 3x Mead, Venom, Dirt Bomb, 5x Holy Bombs, Double Rainbow (Gives the user the encouraged, lucky,poisoned by 1, and confused effects), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), 2x Obsidian Shard (may be affixed to a blunt weapon to give the Bleeding 2 effect for one battle), 2x Charion beetle horn Tools: Shovel Treasures: Black Pearl (Worth 75 Gold) Quintessa of Heartland (Sandy) 67 years old human female Barbarian Level 5 *Immune to fragile* Power: 8 + 1* Defense: 5 Health: 12/12 Gold: 95 Equipment: Rolling Pin (WP:3; Deals *Bleeding 3*; Club), Heavy Armour (SP:5, protects from fragile-effect, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators and vindicators; bodywear.) Inventory: Artifacts: Sylvania's Cowl (Grants "Animal Talk", Headwear) Consumables: Grand Potion, Potion, 4x Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Mead, Nostrum, 2x Smoke Bomb, Candycane of Doomed (Causes *Doomed* effect to the target when used; Breaks after 5 uses), First Aid Kit (Restores Full Health and Removes Negative Effects from the Entire Party) Tools: Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass *Quest 149 Carrot Pantry Goodies: Milk (Restores 15 Health and Ether), Big Apple x2 (+1 Max HP when consumed), Greasy Sausage x2 (+2 Max HP when consumed), Fatty Pizza (+2 SP for one battle when consumed), Bread (Like a Tasty Pretzel...just longer), Chocolate Bar (Gives the Nimble and *Poisoned* Effect when consumed), Bunch of 10 Cherries (Each Cherry restores 1 ether when consumed), Bedroll Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking. Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.

"Oops...I think I made a mistake... I suppose we will just have to tell Dr Cula what happened to his poor assistant."

"I have the same feeling, which is why I think it is better that I don't distribute it for now and get everyone's hopes up. I also have these tools from poor old Trevor's satchel. We will certainly need them for fixing the pipes but they might help us get rid of the corrosion as well." I quickly check if there are any remains of slime or its cause in the spot we just cleared, that we might need to remove.

I think it should be fine. It all depends on if you have enough provisions and a strong enough party to last you until you can do enough to make it worth your money. For me, 50 GP would almost be a must, unless you go for a specific cause, for instance, getting a Phoenix Incense. I would say a Cleric is quite necessary for just about any party.

"I've been around the hall for a while now. Not much going on. I signed up for a quest, but it has been continually delayed." I point to the questboard. "As for Nerwen, she is not around. She left for her current quest the day I returned from mine, I believe."

"The hall is bustling full of loudmouths these days that it's easy to not notice those who keep to themselves.

Just to confirm: we're not allowed to use remedies whilst inside, correct? Also, I noticed that I'm missing a Smoke Bomb which I bought just before the quest. Don't know how it escaped my attention in the beginning. Loot: Petaldan: Corpse of Trevor + Crucible Treasure Torald: Venom x2 Wolfwind: Potion, Smoke Bomb Hunkan: Remedy Kid: Venom Ezeran: Pickaxe "Hmm...is everyone okay with this division for now? I'll hold onto the Treasure for now and we can see if we need it." "Should we go back to that gunk that we encountered first and try to clear it? Or does anyone have any other ideas?"

Purpearljellyblob, can we get a re-ruling on the Shikokku's Stealth Suit? From the quest, you seemed to indicate that a hero needed to be at level 20+ to use it, but that seems to render it a bit of an underpowered artifact. I would certainly be interested in it for Petaldan though if it followed the normal ruling for such artifacts.